We can succeed only by keeping our mouths sealed." "Tighter'n beeswax," promised Anderson Crow.
Briefly, the letter to Andrew Gregory was an exposure of the plans of the great train-robber gang, together with their whereabouts on a certain day to come.

They were to swoop down on Tinkletown on the night of the open-air performance of "As You Like It," and their most desperate coup was to be the result.

The scheme was to hold up and rob the entire audience while the performance was going on.

Anderson Crow was in a cold perspiration.

The performance was but three days off, and he felt that he required three months for preparation.
"How in thunder are we goin' to capture that awful gang, jest you an' me ?" he asked, voicing his doubts and fears.
"We'll have to engage help, that's all." "We'll need a regiment." "Don't you think it.